Description of Problem:
Because this package contains unowned directories, they will be created
with the current umask. When having restrictive administrator settings
(umask 077) ordinary user will not have access to them and can not use
the package.
Another problem occurs when removing the package because orphaned
directories will remaining.
| $ rpm -qf /etc/midi /etc/midi/GU11-ROM.SF2
| file /etc/midi is not owned by any package
| awesfx-0.4.3a-11
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Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
awesfx-0.4.3a-11
How Reproducible: 100%
Steps to Reproduce:
0. make a minimal installation
1. umask 077
2. make sure that awesfx is uninstalled completely
(rm -rf /etc/midi)
3. rpm -U awesfx-0.4.3a-11.i386.rpm
4. ls -l /etc/midi
5. try to use the programs/scripts/libraries/data of the package as
non-root user
6. rpm -e awesfx-0.4.3a-11
Actual Results:
* at 4:
| drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Sep 13 21:37 /etc/midi
* files can not be found/read at 5 and
* /etc/midi still exists after 6.

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Red Hat Linux is no longer supported by Red Hat, Inc. If you are still
running Red Hat Linux, you are strongly advised to upgrade to a
current Fedora Core release or Red Hat Enterprise Linux or comparable.
Some information on which option may be right for you is available at
http://www.redhat.com/rhel/migrate/redhatlinux/.
Closing as CANTFIX.

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